A wide range of interesting articles that help you make informed decisions and deliver the best projects for your clients authored by our team of NBS subject specialists and construction industry contributors.
Sustainability
NBS Guide: Embodied Carbon Calculations
Learn how to align your carbon assessments with BIM workflows. This guide to Embodied Carbon Calculations, developed by NBS and Circular Ecology, sets out a practical, standardised approach to calculating the embodied carbon of building materials and products, and how to apply this data to BIM objects.
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The hidden cost of compliance: why architects are demanding a new era of product transparency
Few pieces of legislation have reshaped the UK construction industry as significantly as the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA). Introduced to improve accountability, traceability and safety standards ...
Design and Specification
Brick slip cladding systems – the need for robust specification
This article from the NBS technical team outlines specification for brick slip technology, including history, technology, design, safety and testing.
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When product data creates risk, AluK delivers the clarity and support architects need
The need to build more homes, more quickly, has not changed. If anything, the pressure has intensified. However, the conversation around Modern Methods of Construction has evolved.
ISO 19650 Q&A with Paul Shillcock
1. What do those companies who have already aligned their business processes to the UK 1192 series need to know about the transition to the ISO 19650 series? That it’s business as usual and they ...
Standards and RegulationsDigital Transformation
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
Digital transformation: it's about people and technology
As we progress in this fourth industrial age, technology is fundamentally changing the way that we live and work, and is determining how businesses and industries grow and innovate. The UK ...
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Video: ISO 19650 - A global opportunity
Following the publishing of the ISO 19650 series of standards for BIM, we invited Paul Shillcock to NBS HQ to present to the North East BIM community.
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From BS 1192 to ISO 19650 and everything in between
Update: Since this article was first written, all the content from the NBS National BIM Library has moved across to NBS Source. ...
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Our top summer reads on smart cities, big data and more
You took BIM for Dummies to the Bahamas last year, so what should you read this time around? In advance of the holiday season we’ve compiled ten of the most popular paperbacks on big data, smart ...
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12 of the biggest health and safety risks in construction
According to HSE, within the UK there are 80,000 construction workers who suffer from work-related bad health each year and 64,000 who suffer non-fatal injuries.
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What is the PAS 1192 framework?
A series of PAS documents set out the requirements for achieving BIM Level 2 by establishing a framework for collaborative working and information requirements.
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The AIM of BIM
Update: Since this article was first written, all the content from the NBS National BIM Library has moved across to NBS Source. ...
